Dr. Anthony Fauci sees path for sports to come back without fans

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But Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the nation's top doctors in charge of leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic, said sports returning without fans is within the realm of possibility.

The chances of it actually happening depend on a league's or organization's ability to procure massive amounts of tests and how closely they monitor their players.

"There's a way of doing that," Fauci said on Snapchat's show "Good Luck America" when asked if there was going to be a college football season in 2020. "Nobody comes to the stadiums. Put (athletes) in big hotels, wherever you want to play. Keep them very well-surveilled, but have them tested like every week and make sure they don't wind up infecting each other or their families and just let them play the season out."

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As for the argument sports won't be the same without fans in the stands, Fauci expressed what many Americans can relate to.

"I think you'll probably get enough buy-in from people who are dying to see a baseball game, particularly me," said Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "I'm living in Washington, we have the world champion Washington Nationals. I want to see them play again."

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